CHAPTER II.
THE NEWS, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED IT.
When the door opened and Dr.Trenire came in with the heavy tread of a very weary man, and the face of a very worried one, another and a larger wave of shame and remorse rushed over them all.
Dan stepped forward at once to put his feelings into words.

"I am fearfully sorry, father," he said impetuously.

"I--I was a brute to throw the things at Jabez; but I--I never meant to hurt him.

Is it very bad ?" "It is not a serious wound by any means," said the doctor slowly; "but, of course, the wood was old and dirty, and the nail rusty, and there is always danger of blood-poisoning." "Oh, I hadn't thought of that," said Dan, looking alarmed.
"No, that is just it," sighed the doctor; "you don't think.

No one in the house thinks, it seems to me.